Marc Dutroux

News about Marc Dutroux, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Aug. 29, 2012

Michelle Martin, former wife and accomplice of convicted child killer Marc Dutroux, is released from a Belgian prison following a last-ditch appeal effort to keep her behind bars; release has enraged many Belgians, who see it as yet another sign that the country's justice system needs reform. MORE

Marc Dutroux, the Belgian electrician who raped and murdered several young girls eight years ago, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday in an emotional courtroom scene. Bureaucratic negligence and police mishandling of the case most certainly...

A Belgian jury on Thursday convicted a former electrician of kidnapping, raping and killing girls eight years ago, ending an agonizing 16-week trial and closing the book on one of the most disturbing criminal cases in the country's history. Marc...

Marc Dutroux, the convicted pedophile on trial for kidnappings, rapes and murders of girls in the 1990's, apologized in court to his two surviving victims for ''the bad things'' he had done. ''It is too late for that,'' replied Sabine Dardenne, 20,...

After a delay that has been agonizing for the victims and their families, the trial of a suspected pedophile and murderer, Marc Dutroux, finally opened Monday in Arlon, a sleepy town near the border with Luxembourg. The trial begins seven and a...

A court ordered a jury trial for Marc Dutroux, a suspected pedophile and child killer, nearly seven years after his arrest. He is accused of the abduction, rape and murder of four girls, including two 8-year-olds who starved to death in makeshift...

May 1, 2003, Thursday

The long-delayed trial of Marc Dutroux, a convicted pedophile charged with the abduction and murder of several young and teenage girls, has been set for September 2002, six years after his arrest, it was announced here today. Belgium's Justice...